Asoka Weerasinghe 2 June 2020 (for Lowell, Nirmal and Chem) Just now a cloud of screaming black ravensflew over Minneapolis, perched on the leafless trellisof branchesof trees at the PowderhornCommunity and shed tears of bloodfrom their paining red eyesand I sighedO my brother GeorgeO my peopleIt was no more a faceless horrorthat got youit was […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 22.6.20 Medhananda told his biographer that he had thought, when listening to lectures at Vidyodaya, as a student, that it would-be good to investigate some of the things   mentioned in the Mahavamsa. He had joined a Vidyodaya archaeological trip to look at Neelagiri seya. Ven.  Handupelpola Punnaratana, who was teaching at Vidyodaya, […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The revelations from the newly structured Presidential Commission appointed by the President Gotabaya Rajapakse, are now in the public domain. None of these revelations were brought to light during previous Presidential Commission or the Parliamentary Select Committee.  STRUCTURE BUILT BY YAHAPALANA GANG” TO COVER UP: 1, AT POLICE LEVEL: The […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් – හිටපු දකුණු පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර 1.       මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති සහ සියළුම සමාජිකයින්, මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව. 2.       සමන් රත්නායක මහතා, කොමසාරිස් ජෙනරාල්, මැතිවරණ ලේකම් කාර්යාලය,රාජගිරිය. මහත්මාණෙනි, තැපැල් ඡන්දය පහසුකම සදහා ලියාපදිංචිය 2020 මහා මැතිවරණය පුරවැසියෙකු ලෙස ද, හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයෙකු ලෙස ද මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාවේ ඉක්මන් අවධානය සදහා යොමු කරමි. සාමාන්‍ය යෙන් ජාතික […]

ඩයනා උදයංගනී උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප හිටපු මහ බැංකු අධිපති අර්ජුන් මහේන්ද්‍රන් මහතා මහ බැංකු වංචාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් අත් අඩංගුවට ගන්නැයි තම පාලන සමයේ ජාත්‍යන්තර පොලීසියට දැනුම් දුන් විට ඒ රජයේම පිරිසක් ඔහු අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට මැදිහත් නොවන්නැයි ජාත්‍යන්තර පොලීසියට දන්වා තිබූ බව හිටපු ජනාධිපති, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ සභාපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා අද (3) පැවසීය. අර්ජුන් මහේන්ද්‍රන් මහතා […]

By Nellie Peyton and Anastasia Moloney Protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while in Police custody in Minneapolis last week, have spread to dozens of cities in the United States and other world cities. Floyd’s death, at the hands of a white Police officer who knelt on his […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A decision on the date for the General Election would be made at the Election Commission’s next meeting scheduled for Monday (8), its Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said. Speaking at a news briefing, he said Health Services Director General Dr. Anil Jasinghe has handed over a set of guidelines to the Commission […]

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo Mayoress Rosy Senanayake said that she will not be involved in national politics but will remain as the Mayoress for another term to see that all promises in her manifesto have been fulfilled. My son is contesting and it’s time to give the chance to newcomers,” she said. […]

Sandun A Jayasekera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Mahendran was saved from interpol by Yahapalana Government The prime suspect of the Central Bank bond scam case Arjuna Mahendran has changed his name and living in Singapore safely and happily, former President Maithripala Sirisena claimed today. He added that when Interpol was on the verge of arresting Mahendran […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) should take the responsibility for the downfall of a financial entity under its purview, says Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. He made this remark during a meeting held at the Temple Trees to discuss the current status of The Finance Company PLC. The meeting was attended by […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 cases count escalated to 1,735 as five more new virus-positive patients were detected as of 11.00 pm today (03). Accordingly, a total of 52 virus-positive persons – including one returnee from Kuwait, 19 returnees from Qatar and 20 Navy men – have been detected so far within the day.  In […]

Courtesy Adaderana In the CCTV footage revealed to the public by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the Easter Sunday terror attacks, a second explosion is witnessed following the detonation of a device by Fathima Jiffry – the wife of Shangri La bomber Ilham Ahmed – that claimed the lives of several Police officers, […]

The story of America is all about take overs – taking other people’s land and taking away their lives. Land belonging to the Native Indians was taken away and many millions were exterminated. Americans are a mixture of the Viking murderer Leif Eriksson from Iceland who first landed in US in 986, mass murderer Christopher […]